Curtain-fixture.



PATBNTED DBO. 19,"1905.

G. W. KINTZ. CURTAIN FIXTURE. APPLICATION FILED 1320.2, 1903.

No..807,62l.

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PATENT oFFIoE.

GEORGE W. KINTZ, OF SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA.

CURTAIN-FIXTURE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 19, 1905.

Application filed December 2,1903. Serial No. 183,534.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known thatI, GEORGE W. KINTZ, a citizen of the United States, residing at Santa Monica, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Curtain-Fixtures, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a fixture that is detachably connected to the window-sash which will carry on it both the window shade and curtain, so that, if desired, the curtain and shade and iixturemay be removed together from the window and the same left clear for cleaning.

My invention also has for another object de tachably securing to the frame and to the window-sash wire screening, one end of which is connected to a revoluble roller upon which it is automatically wound when the window-sash is in its closed position and un wound to cover the opening left by the lowering of the upper sash.

My invention is described herein and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, which is a perspective view of a fragmentof the upper portion of a window and sash equipped with my improved fixtures.

In the drawing, A is the window-frame of ordinary construction, in which is slidablyv mounted the upper sash B, to the side rails of which, near the upper end thereof, are removably secured brackets C, which carry on their outer ends shade D and curtains, (not shown,) if desired. The base C of these brackets is provided with attaching-pins E, which fit into sockets Fin the side rail of the sash. The upper part of the base is formed into a hook C for the reception of the hook G of the wire G, which wire is aflixed to strip H, to which the lower end of the screen I is fastened. The pins E project downwardly at an angle to the rear face of the base of the bracket, and the sockets F have a corresponding slant upwardly in the side rail of the sash for the reception of the pins. By this construction the downward pull on the outer end of the bracket causes the pins to lock in the sockets and the bracket to be firmly fastened to the sash, andl when the pressure on the bracket is removed the pins can be easily drawn out of the sockets. The upper end of this screen is secured to a spring-actuated rollerT,upon which the screen is wound as the window-sash moves upward, said roller being actuated by the internal spring U, secured thereto in the usual manner. Strip H is provided with a number of pins L, which fit into sockets M in the upper rail of the sash and attach the strip to the sash. Near the outer end of the bracket a bar K projects laterally therefrom, an S-shaped hook R extends in an outwardly direction from the bar K to receive a certain hole, and the outer end of the hook is provided with pintles Sfor the reception of curtain-rods. The hook is provided with a slot N for the reception of the stationary pintle-bolt (not shown) of the curtain D. The companion bracket is provided with a hole O to receive the revoluble pintlebolt P.

It will be observed that the attaching-pins of the brackets and of the strip to which the lower end of the screen is attached are easily inserted in their respective sockets and will hold the brackets and strips securely attached to the window-sash, and that when it is de-y sired to clean the window both can be easily removed from the sash, and that the strip to which the lower end of the screen is attached can be readily detached from the brackets and the screen permitted to roll up out of the way, while the brackets, with the shades and curtains attached thereto, can be removed from the window, when the same can be cleaned, and that when cleaned they can be readily re placed. lIt will also be observed that when the upper sash is lowered it carries with it the shade and curtain, so that neither of them are affected by the draft of air which comes in through the open window, and that at the same time the window-screen is brought down to cover the opening made by the lowering of the sash, thereby preventing insects from coming into the room. It will .be observed that the shank of the bracket extends outwardly from the sash-rail until it passes beyond the outer face of the window-frame and then turns outwardly and forwardly a sufiicient distance to carry the ends of the windowshade to cover a portion of the frame, so as to prevent the entrance of light into the room at the edges of the shade.

I-Iaving described my invention, what I claim as new, and desi-re to secure by Letters Patent,

1. The combination with a window-frame, a sash, aspring-roller supported by the frame, a netting wound on the roller, and a strip secured to the free edge of the netting, of curtain-fixtures secured to the sash, and having hooks thereon, and means extending from ICO to receive the attaching-pins of the bracket, Y said Window-sash also having a plurality of sockets in the top rail thereof; a Window-easing; a spring-operated screen mounted in said Window-easing having an attaching-strip at the bottom thereof provided with a plurality of attaching-pins adapted to be inserted in the I5 sockets of the top rail of the Window-sash; a hook secured to said attaohing-stripand said bracket.

-In Witness that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto subscribed my name this 27th day 2O of November, 1903.

Gr. W. KINTZ.

Witnesses:

G. E. HARPHAM, MARGARETE C. NICKELESON. 

